Rebirth and Revenge: The Imperial Master’s Pampering of Me is Addicting Me

The emperor didn't know whether he was loyal or not, but just by looking through the news and evidence, it could be seen that Zhou Yuanzhi had indeed put a lot of thought into it. Although he only verified a few of the people on the list, they all had witnesses, physical evidence, and confessions.

This list includes almost all the candidates in the court who are suitable to succeed Zhu Kunlin. It may be more detailed than he thought, and it even includes candidates from his sons' camps.

The emperor looked at the thing in his hand for a long time without saying a word, with a cold light in his eyes.

It must be said that this old guy Zhou Yuanzhi is really a shrewd person. The people he specially asked others to verify happened to be all from the camps of the princes. It can almost be said that each camp has one person and no one hides anything. The main goal is clear. Even he couldn't help but secretly criticize them as old foxes in his heart.

Gu Chengjin also stood quietly among the officials without saying a word. He even raised his eyes secretly to look at the emperor above him, then quickly lowered his eyes to think.

As expected, everything was just as my father had expected. The infighting in the court had indeed begun. Although Zhou Yuanzhi, this tough guy, was a bit rash in his words and deeds, he was indeed lucky.

Every time he does something, he can accurately hit the emperor's wishes, which is equivalent to sending a gift to His Majesty's heart. However, he is a lone minister who does not give face to any prince. Such a minister is naturally the most pleasing to His Majesty.

But the others were not in the same good mood as he was in his rational analysis, especially those who had just been recommended, who looked at the emperor above them with nervous expressions.

No one expected Zhou Yuanzhi to pull such a trick. Who knows what the so-called evidence is? Could it really be used to seduce them?

There were a few ministers who thought they had no evidence and were unwilling to accept it, so they argued with Zhou Yuanzhi with their necks stiff. After all, no one wanted to be charged with an unreliable crime.

If the ministers are unreliable, how can Your Majesty favor them in the future?

Tang Kun still didn't say anything, but just drooped his eyes nonchalantly, letting the officials in the court quarrel in a mess, which was as lively as a vegetable market.

At this time, the atmosphere in the harem was peaceful, and the concubines all paid their respects to the queen respectfully. Concubine An didn't want to come, but the emperor still respected the hierarchy and didn't exempt her from paying her respects. She had to come late and pay her respects to the queen reluctantly.

The Queen didn't care at all and just raised her hand to let the concubines sit down. She seemed to glance at Concubine An casually and reminded her.

"Nothing major has happened in the past few days, so all my sisters need to take care of themselves. As for you, Concubine, I can understand that His Majesty favors you to come late on weekdays, but His Majesty didn't go to your palace last night. Could it be that you woke up late because of a beautiful dream?

Speaking of which, Prince An had a new beautiful lady in his palace a few days ago. Imperial Concubine, if you have nothing else to do, you should focus on learning how to raise children. Don't let your health get ruined before you've even found a wife at such a young age."

Apart from the Empress, no one else dared to mock her so blatantly in the harem for having erotic dreams. She also implied that her son was lustful. Wasn't he just relying on his better family background than hers? What's so great about that? His Majesty still favored her!

Concubine An's gentle expression almost broke on the spot. She tugged at the handkerchief in her hand for a long time before adjusting her breathing. She replied to the Queen with a forced smile.

"Your Majesty, you are truly concerned for me. I appreciate your kindness. However, Prince An is an obedient child and is deeply trusted by His Majesty, so naturally nothing will happen to him. I have also recently obtained a lot of good medicine and was thinking of sending it to Prince Ting. It is at least a token of my appreciation, isn't it?"

What was that? A way of mocking her son's leg disease?

The queen's eyes grew colder.

The two big men were arguing with each other, and the other concubines around them were tactful and kept silent. Some of the timid ones even shrank their necks, looked away, and held their breath.

Everyone in the capital knew that the eldest prince had some problems with his legs after the accident. Although he was not disabled, his walking was not very graceful. Unfortunately, the queen had searched for all the imperial doctors but none of them could cure him.

As a result, the Imperial Concubine and Prince An came from behind and became more and more arrogant in recent years, with a tendency to crush the power of the Queen.

As expected, the queen's expression changed slightly as soon as these words were spoken, but it only lasted for a moment before she quickly recovered. She then raised her lips and chuckled sarcastically.

"Your Majesty does favor Prince An, but it's a pity that the Yunzhou Governor got into trouble right after Zhu Kunlin did. It seems his vision isn't very good either. No wonder His Majesty hasn't been to your palace these past few days.

If you have time to waste on this, Your Majesty, you should think about how to win back the Emperor's heart. I am tired today, so if you have nothing else to do, please leave."

Concubine Ying glanced at the Imperial Concubine, who looked unhappy, and quickly stood up and bowed respectfully. Her voice was soft, "Since Your Majesty is tired, I will take my leave."

The other concubines naturally followed suit and stood up to take their leave.

Concubine An was furious but she didn't want to worry about her son's situation and was too lazy to talk nonsense with her. She bent her knees with a sullen face and turned to leave.

The room, which was crowded just now, slowly began to empty out. Seeing the imperial concubine's ugly face when she left, the queen was in a good mood. She slowly picked up the teacup beside her and took a sip.

After thinking about it, he turned his head and asked Nanny He beside him, with a rare hint of lightness in his tone.

"We finally managed to free up a position. We can't miss such a good opportunity. It's time to deploy more of our people."

Nanny He naturally understood what she meant, and smiled, leaned forward slightly and nodded.

"That's right. That Mr. Zhu is quite careful in his work. I heard that he and the eldest sister-in-law have been hooking up for quite a while. I didn't expect it to be exposed at this time. It's a good thing for us."

When this matter was mentioned, the queen narrowed her eyes and thought about it.

"I'm afraid this matter isn't that simple. Everyone wants to keep the scandal hidden, but it suddenly became so big that someone must have deliberately exposed it. I'm not interested in knowing who it was, but he did a good thing.

"It's a rare opportunity to deal with that bitch. I feel relieved. I heard that she has recently been looking for portraits of daughters of the right age. Could it be that she is already preparing to find a concubine for Prince An?"

Nanny He naturally knew about this matter and had even inquired about it. She immediately nodded in agreement, "That's right. His Majesty has been angry these past few days and hasn't visited her courtyard. She must have been extremely anxious and came up with this idea."

When the current prince wants to decide on a wife, His Majesty will definitely inquire about this matter. By then, she might use some tricks to coax His Majesty back.

The queen could naturally guess what the imperial concubine was planning, and she immediately narrowed her eyes and snorted.

"Okay, if she does it on the first day, don't blame me for doing it on the fifteenth."